# 2010–11 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2010–11 VfB Stuttgart season was the 118th season in the club's football history. They competed in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, in which they finished 12th as well as competing in the DFB-Pokal, where they were eliminated in the Round of 16. Following a sixth-place finish in the previous season, they competed in the Europa League, where they were eliminated in the round of 32. It was Stuttgart's 34th consecutive season in the league, since having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1977.

## Season summary

During the previous season, Stuttgart finished 6th in the Bundesliga. As a result, they qualified for the qualification stages of the Europa League. Stuttgart started the season poorly, and manager Christian Gross was sacked on 13 October, with the club bottom of the league. Jens Keller was appointed as his replacement on a temporary basis before Bruno Labbadia was appointed as his permanent replacement on 12 December. The club were knocked out of the DFB-Pokal in the round of 16 by Bayern Munich, and were knocked out of the Europa League in the round of 32 by Benfica. They finished 12th in the Bundesliga on 42 points.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Sven Ulreich |
| 2 | DF | SUI | Philipp Degen (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Cristian Molinaro |
| 5 | DF | GER | Serdar Tasci |
| 6 | DF | GER | Georg Niedermeier |
| 7 | FW | AUT | Martin Harnik |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Zdravko Kuzmanović |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Ciprian Marica |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Johan Audel |
| 12 | GK | GER | Alexander Stolz |
| 13 | MF | GER | Timo Gebhart |
| 14 | MF | GER | Patrick Funk |
| 15 | DF | CIV | Arthur Boka |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Delpierre |
| 18 | FW | GER | Cacau |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | GER | Christian Gentner |
| 21 | DF | NED | Khalid Boulahrouz |
| 22 | MF | GER | Matthias Schwarz |
| 23 | GK | GER | Marc Ziegler |
| 24 | MF | GUI | Mamadou Bah |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Élson |
| 26 | MF | GER | Daniel Didavi |
| 27 | DF | GER | Stefano Celozzi |
| 28 | MF | HUN | Tamás Hajnal (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 29 | FW | RUS | Pavel Pogrebnyak |
| 31 | FW | JPN | Shinji Okazaki |
| 35 | DF | GER | Christian Träsch |
| 36 | FW | GER | Sven Schipplock |
| 38 | DF | GER | Ermin Bičakčić |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | GER | Sebastian Rudy (to 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Mauro Camoranesi (released) |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 22 August 2010 | 14 May 2011 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 035.29 |
| DFB-Pokal | 14 August 2010 | 22 December 2010 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 066.67 |
| Europa League | 29 July 2010 | 24 February 2011 | Third qualifying round | Round of 32 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 046.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 93 | 83 | +10 | 040.38 |
Last updated: complete Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 44 | |
| 11 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 43 | |
| 12 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 42 | |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 41 | |
| 14 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 40 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
* ↑ Schalke 04 as winners of the 2010–11 DFB-Pokal qualified for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying stage

* ↑ Match played at Štadión Pasienky instead of Slovan Bratislava's home stadium Tehelné pole as a result of renovation work

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STU | YB | GET | OB |
| 1 | VfB Stuttgart | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 4–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Getafe | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 7 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Odense | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 4 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — |